Gammon Elem

Gammon Elem operates as a medium-sized K-5 school in Wichita, Kansas, part of Wichita. Current enrollment sits at 448 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 43% larger than the state mean of about 313.

Gammon Elem is one of 87 schools operated by Wichita, a district that serves 47,545 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gammon Elem lists that 37% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 21% Hispanic, 16% White, 14% Asian, 12% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 8% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Gammon Elem shows 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 82% of students at Gammon Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Sedgwick County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Gammon Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.9%, the actual is 22.1%, a residual of -0.7 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Sedgwick County) shows that median household earnings sit near $69,365, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sedgwick County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students), of which Gammon Elem is one.

Jackson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Gammon Elem comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 27.8%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gammon Elem has contracted 4%, going from 469 students in 2018 to 448 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 10% to 21%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.